作者: Patrik Johansson , Weston Williams , Ayman El-Mohandes
关键词: Disease control 、 Health equity 、 Health statistics 、 Demography 、 Infant mortality 、 Medicine
摘要: Objectives. (1) To determine the infant mortality rate (IMR) in American Indians/ Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and Whites between 1995-1999 2000-2004. (2) compare leading causes of AI/AN Whites. (3) examine diff erences neonatal vs. postneonatal death AI/AN. Methods. Using 1995-99 2000-04 Centers for Disease Control Prevention's National Center Health Statistics national linked birth/infant data, we examined post- IMR among Results. experienced signifi cantly greater overall 2000-2004 than While reduction these time periods was statistically cant Whites, not. We found that had an 1.5 times as high Conclusions. has decreased AI/AN, disparities persist